Here is a link to an article by Rania Hadjer, highlighting the extremely unjust situation for the Tuaregs in Libya. How can this situation even be acceptable?
“Tuaregs in Libya are so heavily marginalized that they can be arrested at any moment, and treated as illegal migrants, even though they were born here (!!), and they are denied passports, national ID numbers and therefore, civic rights.”
In 2014, Law No. 8 on the national identification number made the Tuareg’s situation even more critical and prone to discrimination. Without this number, it is impossible to obtain a passport, vote, own land or access social assistance. A temporary administrative number exists, but it grants very limited rights.
Without this number they cannot register marriages, open bank accounts, obtain SIM cards or even issue death certificates.
This exclusion goes far beyond the realm of human rights! no citizenship in the very country were they were born!
Read the entire article here, it’s in english but non english speakers can use Google translate.
Libya’s stateless Tuareg: A forgotten human rights crisis at ‘risk of imminent explosion’
Denied citizenship, civic rights and access to services, Libyan Tuareg face a growing marginalisation that has become a factor of regional instability.
Azawad Support Group
03-02-26